Regional fintech firm Advance and financial services firm Cebuana Lhuillier have finalized a P100 million lending deal for employees as well as small and medium-sized businesses across the Philippines. The finalization of the lending deal enables Advance to provide more credit to thousands of...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has called out the Department of Education (DepEd) over its unsettled P12.297 billion notices of disallowances and suspensions, and the "substantial accumulated unliquidated" cash advances of P6.959 billion in 2023. In its 2023 annual audit report, the COA blamed...
Identity verification provider ADVANCE.AI said it has signed an agreement with the state-owned Credit Information Corp. (CIC) to become the newest credit bureau in the Philippines. In a statement on Tuesday, Aug. 13, ADVANCE.AI said the company plans to launch its operations in the fourth...
Government disbursing officers should not be allowed to retire or resign their posts without clearance for their money, property, and other accountabilities, the Commision on Audit (COA) said. This was pointed out by COA in its 2023 annual audit report on Looc town in Occidental Mindoro....
The Sandiganbayan has convicted former mayor Constantino Bernardo Navarro IV of Del Carmen town in Surigao del Norte for delay in the liquidation of the P3 million intelligence funds he took from the municipality in two tranches in 2010. Since the prosecution allowed Navarro to plead guilty to a...
For Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, law enforcers should always try to outwit drug traffickers to prevent illegal and dangerous substances from entering the country. Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) "Ang mga sindikato...
EDITORS DESK Warning! Cybercriminals are always out there looking for someone to scam. This Christmas, expect them to find creative ways to lure victims to believe that what they are presenting are legitimate business offers. To attract you, cybercriminals want you to think that the messages are...
Rep. Sam Verzosa, Tutok To Win Partylist Representative (Tutok To Win Partylist photo) A neophyte in the partylist setup in the House of Representatives, Tutok to Win, is one among 55 proclaimed winners in the May 2022 elections with 685,578 votes. As ninth of 178 partylist candidates, it has...
The UniTeam tandem of presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos and his running mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte is planning to hold not one, not two, but three "miting de avances" during the final week of the campaign period. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (left) and Davao City Mayor Sara...
Quick Loans Online (QLO) just launched its latest salary loan product, QLO Cash Advance, enabling employees to loan a fraction of their monthly salary at zero interest, payable within the short-term via salary deduction. The loan ranges from P3,000 to P8,000, with a one-time processing fee of P500,...
Not a lot of companies draw a direct line between the financial well-being of their employees and their performance at work. This is something that on-demand salary access provider, Advance, aims to address with their Advance Mag-isip campaign. The Advance Mag-isip campaign is a series of...
President Duterte has linked two former Cabinet members of the previous Aquino administration to Commission on Audit (COA)-themed irregularities. President Rodrigo Duterte (Photo from PCOO Facebook) In his "Talk to the People" public briefing on late Tuesday night, Aug. 24, Duterte identified...
